Research News

Scientists Release 10-meter-resolution Cotton Map in Xinjiang, China

Scientists from the National Engineering Research Center for Satellite Remote Sensing Applications under the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), together with collaborators from Shihezi University (Xinjiang, China) and University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada), proposed a generalized cotton mapping strategy that provides cotton maps throughout Xinjiang with high-resolution performance.

Oct 18, 2023

Scientists Develeop First 30-m Global Map of Tidal Flats

The first global 30-m map of global tidal flats (GTF30) was developed by a research team led by Prof. LIU Liangyun from the the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The study was published in “Journal of Remote Sensing”.

Oct 16, 2023

China’s First Comprehensive Service Platform for Flood Early Warning and Monitoring Launched

China's first comprehensive service platform for flood early warning and monitoring, independently developed by the National Earth Observation Data Center (NODA), was launched, according to the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Oct 09, 2023

Detecting Spatial Distribution of Urban Carbon Emissions at Micro Level:Study

Researchers from the National Engineering Research Center for Remote Sensing Application under the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), together with the China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, constructed a valid approach published in “Environmental Science and Pollution Research” journal.The study uses the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city as an example to measure and analyze the spatial carbon emission efficiency.

Sep 28, 2023

Reservoir Inventory for China in 2016 and 2021 Released

About 10.32% of the reservoirs have increased storage capacity from 2016 to 2021, while 22.73% have decreased, and most provinces and river basins in China have expanded their accumulated storage capacity from 2016 to 2021, according to a study published on September 9 in Scientific Data.

Sep 20, 2023